Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Practice Description

Schedule: 4-6 weeks at a time spent in one remote village, on an ongoing basis. May spend 1 week in the town of Kotzebue before or after village work. Travel to village is by fixed-wing aircraft only.

• Support staff (in some locations): 1-2 Community Health Aides (trained and certified), receptionist, dental health aide
• EMR: Cerner

About the location

This position is within a highly interconnected healthcare network for Alaska Natives and will work in tandem with staff physicians (based in Kotzebue) and Community Health Aides who staff the village clinics. Remote community populations range in size from 117 to 890 and you may be the only one in the clinic at any given time.